"Red River Revelin'!"

It's Fall in Shreveport, and with Fall comes the Revel. The Revel is an art festival that has been going on for 30 years now. Mush and I grew up going to the Revel, and this year you and Shelby started. This week had been so rainy, and it just so happened that Thursday, Daddy' s off day, had no rain, but it was 92 degrees and 92% humidity! We decided to tough it out, because Saturday was supposed to rain too. So we took the modified chariot (we changed Landon's seat to the "jump seat," and Shelby graduated to actually sitting in the stroller-so big!) and met Nina downtown to check out the "festibal." We grabbed a bite to eat first. Hamburgers, nachos, pork sandwiches, and the traditional funnel cake was fare of choice. Shelby ate too-good ole' momma's milk! Then we headed over to the Children's Art Experience. Along the way, we quickly checked out the wares of the artists. A booth that caught Daddy's eye was an artist who crafted handmade wooden toys, including rubber-band shotguns. Y'all had to have one! Landon, you and Nina created an awesome sand art bottle, complete with googly eyes and wild yellow mohawk hair. Next was off the Brookshire's mini mart. We know how much you love pushing those little carts at fake grocery stores-this was no exception. We practically had to bribe you to come out, so we could go check out the rest of the activities. The geological society had a "mock dig" that you really enjoyed. Red river dirt and tiny treasures buried within makes for lots of good, dirty fun! You unearthed all kinds of cool rocks. Shelby, you had a good time too. By this point you were just waking up from a little snooze. Riding like a big girl in the stroller really wears a girl out! We then headed over to the painting station where Landon got to paint on a real canvas. What a masterpiece! Now Shelby, you were getting a little hot and restless, so we decided to let Brother have one more romp at the grocery store and then to get his face painted. The Revel has moved up a notch in the face painting world. We were able to choose from all kinds of fancy designs. Landon, you picked a dinosaur, and it turned out so cute. And then we had to leave because Shelby had had ENOUGH! It was a great time and a tradition that we will definitely continue with you kiddos!